'True Blood'

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True Blood HBO Premieres: Sunday, Sept. 7 The consensus around "True Blood" at the TV critics summer press tour went something like this: I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but I definitely want to see more. "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball's new series, set in the Louisiana bayou and in a world where synthetic blood allows vampires to live in the open, has atmosphere to spare and an intriguing lead character in telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who's drawn to a 173-year-old vampire (Stephen Moyer) whose thoughts she can't read. The first two episodes don't give a full sense of how everything fits together, but there's enough there to warrant a further look. (We imagine some "Twilight" and mourning "Moonlight" fans might agree.) - Rick Porter 'True Blood' photos

True Blood HBO Premieres: Sunday, Sept. 7 The consensus around "True Blood" at the TV critics summer press tour went something like this: I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but I definitely want to see more. "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball's new series, set in the Louisiana bayou and in a world where synthetic blood allows vampires to live in the open, has atmosphere to spare and an intriguing lead character in telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who's drawn to a 173-year-old vampire (Stephen Moyer) whose thoughts she can't read. The first two episodes don't give a full sense of how everything fits together, but there's enough there to warrant a further look. (We imagine some "Twilight" and mourning "Moonlight" fans might agree.) - Rick Porter 'True Blood' photos (HBO)

True Blood HBO Premieres: Sunday, Sept. 7 The consensus around "True Blood" at the TV critics summer press tour went something like this: I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but I definitely want to see more. "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball's new series, set in the Louisiana bayou and in a world where synthetic blood allows vampires to live in the open, has atmosphere to spare and an intriguing lead character in telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who's drawn to a 173-year-old vampire (Stephen Moyer) whose thoughts she can't read. The first two episodes don't give a full sense of how everything fits together, but there's enough there to warrant a further look. (We imagine some "Twilight" and mourning "Moonlight" fans might agree.) - Rick Porter 'True Blood' photos